The aging farm population and rural aging research

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-109

  Mitchell, Jim ^a,b   Bradley, Don ^c   Wilson, Jim ^c   Goins, R Turner ^d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging farmers; Aging research; Rural definition

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 58149347203     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240802125383     Document Type: Article

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